Published May 14, 2011 | 
I joined a couple more Artist Trading Card (ATC) swaps at Rubber Stamp Chat last month. Here are the ones that I made for the Alice in Wonderland, Wizard of Oz and Horse themed swaps. The Alice stamps are from Lost Coast Designs, the witch and horse stamps are from Starving Artistamps.
(click the pictures for a larger view)
Posted in ATC | 
heat embossing, Lost Coast Designs, P K Glitz, rubber stamps, Starving Artistamps | 
Leave a commentPublished April 11, 2011 | With Easter hopping along soon, I joined a Bunny swap over at Rubber Stamp Chat.
The bunny that I chose is too funny! He’s part of the DoodleFactory sets at Starving Artistamps. I flocked him and used my new grass border punch for the fun stuff at his feet. You can’t help but smile when you see him right?
(click on the image for a larger view)
Supplies:
Starving Artistamps rubber stamp
Tsukineko ink
Stampendous flocking
Border punch
For Fun challenge, bunnies
Published March 17, 2011 | My local ATC (Artist Trading Card) Club theme for April is “Spring in Paris”. I was able to play around with some very cool digital collage sheets and came up with the design below. The collage sheet was copied onto a transparency then cut down to fit onto the punched edge ATC background. The base paper was distressed with Vintage Photo ink to give it a nice weathered look. Some of the design detail was traced on the back of the transparency with Crystal Lacquer then sprinkled with glitter. When viewed from the front, it gives a nice but subtle shimmer. Add a faux postage stamp and fiber and voila! C’est finis!
Supplies:
Victorian Vignettes Collage sheet
Graphic 45 paper
Ranger ink
P K Glitz glitter
Sakura Crystal Lacquer
Corner punch, fiber
Published January 30, 2011 | A couple days ago I posted a cute altered mini mailbox to hold ATCs (Artist Trading Cards). Well, here are some of the cards that go in them! I trade with some local ladies every couple of months. It’s SO fun!
We haven’t met as a Club for 2-3 months, so we had a little catching up to do. November’s theme was “Wonders of the World”, December was “Freestyle” and January was “Planes, Trains & Automobiles”.
For the November theme, I chose the Pyramids since I found a PERFECT stamp in my stash! The Pyramids are from My Paper Moon and the depth background is from Lost Coast Designs. The small frame on the very outer edges is from Starving Artistamps. Lots of layers in this ATC!
Supplies:
My Paper Moon Pyramids rubber stamp
Lost Coast Designs Perspective background rubber stamp
Starving Artistamps Trim rubber stamp
Purple Onion Designs alphabet rubber stamps
Ranger ink
P K Glitz embossing powders
The “freestyle” ATCs were actually all different with the theme of Under the Sea. I used twinchies that I had swapped with the ladies on Rubber Stamp Chat and added a cool Distress Ink background to make it more interesting.
Supplies:
Starving Artistamp seaweed stamps in the background
Twinchies from RSC
The last ATC to share today is the “Planes, Trains and Automobiles” one. I used Stampers Anonymous stamps and layered them once again. It came out pretty cool.
Supplies:
Stampers Anonymous rubber stamps
Ranger embossing ink and embossing powder
Tsukineko ink
Published October 19, 2010 | The theme for this month’s ATC Club is Halloween! It just happens to be Whimsie Doodles weekly challenge #53 too, how nice! Here’s an ATC using the Halloween Mini set from Whimsie Doodles. Classic Halloween colors with some spooky inking. 
Enjoy!
Supplies:
Whimsie Doodles digital stamp set, Halloween Minis
Tim Holtz web mask
Web border punch
Copic markers
Inque Boutique saying
Tsukineko ink
Published September 20, 2010 | I met with my ATC (Artist Trading Card) Club this past weekend. Those girls are SO fun! We laugh and trade stories of our lives over the past month or two since we last met. It’s boggling what can happen over that short period of time!
Our August theme was Victorian and our September was Bling. Since there is only 2 1/2″ x 3 1/2″ to work on, small stamps and images work best. It is the ultimate to use up those small scraps and embellishments that hang around your work space! I can’t tell you how long I’ve had the self-adhesive hand-dyed silk that served as the backdrop for the chandelier – TOO LONG! I had just enough to make 5 ATCs!
Anyway, take a peek and be inspired by these small marvels!
Supplies:
Victorian Vignettes digital image
Lace and buttons
Starving Artistamps/DoodleFactory Chandelier rubber stamp and sentiment
Kaisercraft bling
Ranger Stickles
Published August 2, 2010 | I met up with the ATC Oasis Club this past weekend and we had a blast chatting while having lunch and trading cards. I managed to create May, June and July’s Artist Trading Cards (ATCs) and we’ll trade them in our next gathering in September.
I thought you might like to see them! I’ll be working on August and September to be current at the next meeting, so those will be coming within the month or so.
May ATC Supplies:
BasicGrey stamps
Ranger embossing ink
P K Glitz embossing powder
Croc paper from Marco’s Paper
June ATC Supplies:
Sizzix dies
Black craft foam
P K Glitz WonderFilm and Glitter
Reminisce stickers
July ATC Supplies:
The Stamps of Life stamp
Tsukineko ink
Bottle caps and fabric
Published May 29, 2010 | Artist Trading Cards (ATC), ah yes, those little pieces of art! I recently got some great background and backs for ATC’s from Lost Coast Designs Stamps. Thanks to the Spring Virtual Convention on Rubber Stamp Chat, I got a great deal on them with free shipping! Thanks to Linda for the sale and prompt service!
I haven’t used them yet, hahahaha, gotcha! I used some stamps from Starving Artistamps and Faerie Song Stamps to create my Mardi Gras beauty. I double embossed the background with the gem bezels and harlequin. I stamped and embossed the gems first then stamped and embossed over them with the harlequin pattern in a different color. Neat effect isn’t it?
Supplies:
Starving Artistamps stamps
Faerie Song Art Stamps
P K Glitz embossing powder
Bling
Posted in ATC | Faerie Song Art Stamps, heat embossing, P K Glitz, Starving Artistamps | Leave a commentGet your Ippity Stamps
Blog Hop & Online classes
Google Friend Connect
Companies I like
Some products mentioned on this blog have been provided to me by the vendors mentioned in the supply lists.
Follow Me!